Jose Mourinho isn't happy with the state of the pitch for tomorrow night's game

Mourinho has been out to inspect the pitch at the Olimp-2 Stadium and is less than impressed.

He reckons the cabbage patch will present serious dangers to his players during the last 16 showdown tomorrow night.

Mourinho has compared it to the one in Beijing during the pre-season tour, which was the venue for the postponed match against Manchester City last summer.

Mourinho has raised his concerns to UEFA officials but claims the person told him United had insurance so there was no problem.

Manchester United stars jet off to Rostov ahead of Europa League clash

MANCHESTER UNITED flew to Rostov today ahead of Thursday's Europa League clash and were treated with an injury boost.

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Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan at Manchester airport

“It is still hard for me to believe that we are going to play tomorrow on that field”

Jose Mourinho

Mourinho said: "It is still hard for me to believe that we are going to play tomorrow on that field - if you can call it a field.

"I told one gentleman from UEFA of my concerns. He just told me the players are insured, so what happens to them is no problem."

Mourinho, who has confirmed Zlatan Ibrahimovic will face Rostov before starting a three match domestic ban, admits there is nothing United can about the surface.

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The Rostov pitch doesn't look in great condition

But he admits he expected to find a much better pitch when he arrived, considering Rostov have hosted Champions League football on it this season.

He added: "I don't know (what United can do). I really don't know.

"I was analysing these very good opponents that we didn't speak about yet, and in their previous matches against Bayern, Ajax, Atletico Madrid, in all these matches it looked for me a very playable pitch.